What is Music Therapy?

Music therapy is a therapy wherein music is used as a means of communication. It is a method by which isolation patterns are broken, echolalia responses are reduced, and language and social skills are improved. This therapy can be used in the treatment of autism in combination with other types…
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What is Incidental Teaching?

Incidental Teaching is similar to Discreet Trial Training and uses the same basic techniques. It differs in that it is applied incidentally as a child goes about his or her daily routine, helping the child learn many different behaviors and concepts in a single session rather than concentrating on only…
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What is Pivotal Response Training?

Pivotal Response Training targets crucial or pivotal skills that are basic elements of other skill sets. Its purpose is to help the child adapt or generalize the concepts learned in ABA therapy into everyday life.
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What is physical Therapy?

Physical Therapy helps people with autism who have motor delays and have a weak muscle tone to build up strength, coordination, and have basic sports skills.
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What is social skills therapy?

Social skills therapy focuses on improving a diagnosed child’s ability to interact appropriately with others. The goal of social therapy might be described as helping a child with autism to become indistinguishable from other non-autistic children. It teaches a special person how to converse, play, work and share with others…
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Being an RBT for me was extremely fun because where were you going to find a place where you can be completely silly without having to worry what people thought about you? This was the only job that made me feel like I could make a dramatic difference while being myself.

I also liked to be surrounded by people that had the same goals of wanting to help kids and the teamwork made the job much easier and more enjoyable.

Change and progress was the ultimate goal for our kiddos. The early intervention program was seriously only a miracle because I saw changes in the kiddos that from day one, you wouldn’t even recognize who they were.

Changes from being able to utter 3-4 words where they can only make a syllable from when they started, the behavior decreases in which kiddo that used to engage in 30-40 0 self-harm to only half, learning how to wait during games, table work where they use to swipe and drop to the floor if they had to.

My favorite was when the parents would tell us what amazing progress they were making at home. I used to tear up and felt for these parents so much because it was already difficult for them and now, they can trust and rely on ABA and the therapists knowing their goal was ours.

By Emma Rogers, BA, RBT

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